ANA Navarro threatened to walk off the Celebrity Jeopardy! set after repeating the same blunder over and over again behind-the-scenes, a source has exclusively told The U.S. Sun.

The View host made a boisterous return to the Jeopardy! stage on Wednesday after first appearing on the celebrity-based spinoff in 2022.

 

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Ana, 53, went up against actress Yvette Nicole Brown, 53, and podcaster David Friedberg, 44, for the Ken Jennings-hosted episode.

Prior to filming the game that is televised for at-home viewers, contestants also get the opportunity to do a practice game so they are able to get more comfortable with the buzzer and various rules of Jeopardy!

Ken, 50, does not host this portion of the show as he is still getting ready backstage during this time – leaving it up to a producer to handle the duties.

During Ana’s rehearsal game, things quickly began to get tense as she continued to repeat the same mistake over and over again, a source claimed to The U.S. Sun.

According to the insider, the root of the tension began when Ana had to be reminded “multiple times” about the show’s famous format of answering with the question.

The political commentator was not able to grasp this rule, and would often chime in with just the word or phrase – not adding “what is?” or “who is?” in front.

“Ana had to be reminded at least 10-15 times to answer in the correct format, with “What is…” but Ana still could not get it down.

“Each time she would mess it up, the producer would bring it up as the way she would answer would not be considered valid.

 

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“After the first few times, Ana would grow frustrated and grunt or sigh.

“At one point, she threw her hands up and said ‘I’m going to just walk off this stage. I cannot get this right,’” the source claimed.

Apparently, even the live studio audience was “getting annoyed” with Ana because it took her “so long to get the format down” – far longer than her two opponents.

“Each time she made the mistake of not saying the question format, the audience would also make a disappointed noise after it happened so many times,” they said.

According to the source, the producers also had to walk up to her podium much more than the others to give one-on-one feedback to Ana.

Luckily by the time it was showtime, Ana was able to perform for the cameras during the actual game – answering correctly without misusing the format.

The game was a nail-biter with the leads swapping back and forth throughout the various categories.

One of the harder categories focused on politics and geography – which Ana ended up sweeping.

She ran the entire category, swooping up more and more money as she correctly answered the entire line.

However, she lost momentum near the end as David went into Final Jeopardy! with a larger lead.

Jeopardy! Universe

Jeopardy! first aired in 1964 until 1975. Then the nighttime version began in 1974. Since then, many spinoffs of the game show have emerged. Here they all are:

Jeopardy! – (syndicated) 1974 to present, weekdays on ABC at 7 pm ET.

Tournament of Champions – 1984 to present, features the top champions who have appeared on the show since the last tournament.

Second Chance Tournament – 2022 to present features hand-selected non-winners from the season prior, where the prize is entry into Champions Wildcard.

Champions Wildcard – 2023 to present, features all one, two and three-day champions from the season prior worth entry into the Tournament of Champions.

Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament (syndication) – 2023 to present, features past greats invited by producers to vie for a slot in Masters.

Jeopardy! Masters (primetime) – 2023 to present, features the six highest-ranked Jeopardy! champions competing against each other.

Celebrity Jeopardy! (primetime) – 1992 to present, has celebrities compete against each other to raise money for charity.

Pop Culture Jeopardy (streaming) – 2024 to present, will feature teams of three tasked with pop culture trivia on Amazon Prime, hosted by Colin Jost, airdate TBD

Jeopardy! has done away with specialized tournaments like its College Tournaments, Kids Week, and Professor’s Tournament to gear towards a more sports-like model, with Masters being the top of the Jeopardy pyramid.

Other versions of Jeopardy! have fizzled out throughout the years as well, like Sports Jeopardy!.

Hoping he would make a mistake and she could gain the lead, Ana went all-in with her final wager but unfortunately, missed the mark.

She ended the game with $0 while Yvette came in second and David went on to win the game.

David will advance to play other Celebrity Jeopardy! winners in the star-studded tournament – where the top player gets to earn a whopping $1million for the charity of their choice.

The celebrities who played the game and lost still get to take back $30,000 each to the charity of their choice.

Ana chose to play for the Maestro Cares Foundation – co-founded by Marc Anthony to improve the quality of life of disadvantaged children and communities in Latin America and the United States.

David is playing to help animals in need for The Humane Society while Yvette chose DonorsChoose, which connects teachers in need to donors who want to help.

Last season, Abbott Elementary star and The Parent Trap scene stealer Lisa Ann Walter took home the top prize in 2024 – giving her seven-figure winnings to Entertainment Community Fund, a national organization that provides support and services to the entertainment community in times of need or crisis.

 

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